Career
Gabriel Mascaro is a filmmaker and visual artist from Recife, Brazil. His documentary Housemaids (Portuguese: Doméstica) premiered in competition at IDFA 2012 (Amsterdam). His first feature film, August Winds (Portuguese: Ventos de Agosto), premiered in competition at Locarno in 2014 and was awarded with a special mention.
His previous documentaries and video installations have been screened at important film festivals and artistic events including Rotterdam (IFFR), Oberhausen, Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London, the Guggenheim, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, and the São Paulo Art Biennial.
The film subsequently received an honorable mention from the Platform jury at the Toronto International Film Festival.